📍 4217 W 18th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60623
Mason Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 221 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Falilat Boyd. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 221.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mason Elem School enrolls 221 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 221.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American and 3.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 214 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 221 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mason Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Mason Elem School is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 221 students, Mason Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large